Tecogen (OTCMKTS:TGEN – Get Free Report) is one of 219 publicly-traded companies in the “Electrical Equipment” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Tecogen to related businesses based on the strength of its dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
Risk & Volatility
Tecogen has a beta of 2.11, indicating that its stock price is 111% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tecogen’s competitors have a beta of -19.61, indicating that their average stock price is 2,061% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Institutional & Insider Ownership
38.1% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by institutional investors. 12.0% of Tecogen shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 15.0% of shares of all “Electrical Equipment” companies are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Analyst Recommendations
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Tecogen | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.50 |
| Tecogen Competitors | 2182 | 5193 | 7215 | 412 | 2.39 |
Tecogen currently has a consensus target price of $11.25, suggesting a potential upside of 210.77%. As a group, “Electrical Equipment” companies have a potential upside of 22.25%. Given Tecogen’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tecogen is more favorable than its competitors.
Earnings & Valuation
This table compares Tecogen and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Net Income | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Tecogen | $26.13 million | -$4.60 million | -10.97 |
| Tecogen Competitors | $2.46 billion | $140.13 million | 28.17 |
Tecogen’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Tecogen. Tecogen is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more affordable than other companies in its industry.
Profitability
This table compares Tecogen and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Tecogen | -24.15% | -42.06% | -19.55% |
| Tecogen Competitors | -205.63% | -198.28% | -8.73% |
Summary
Tecogen competitors beat Tecogen on 7 of the 13 factors compared.
Tecogen Company Profile
Tecogen Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, markets, and maintains ultra-clean cogeneration products for multi-family residential, commercial, recreational, and industrial use primarily in the United States. It operates through three segments: Products, Services, and Energy Production. The Products segment designs, manufactures, and sells industrial and commercial cogeneration systems. The Services segment provides operation and maintenance services for products under long term service contracts. The Energy Production segment sells energy in the form of electricity, heat, hot water, and cooling to customers under long-term energy sales agreements. The company also offers natural gas-powered cogeneration systems for water and space heating, and/or air conditioning. Its product portfolio includes InVerde e+ and TecoPower cogeneration units for the supply electricity and hot water; Tecochill, an air-conditioning and refrigeration chillers, and hybrid-drive air-cooled and gas engine-driven chillers to produce chilled water and hot water; Tecofrost, a gas engine-driven refrigeration compressors to circulate refrigerant and provide hot water as a byproduct; and Ultera, an emissions control technology. In addition, the company provides long-term maintenance contracts, parts sales, and turnkey installation for products through a network of field service centers. It sells its products to healthcare, housing and hospitality, ice rink and low temperature, recreation facilities, industrial, indoor growing, and breweries markets through in-house marketing, as well as independent sales agents and representatives. Tecogen Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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